Matthew 7:13

Matthew 7:13 platei/a h` pu,lh {B}

The words h` pu,lh are absent (in ver. Matthew 7:13) from a* 1646 it^{a, b, c, h, k} and many patristic quotations of the saying, and (in ver. Matthew 7:14) from 113 182* 482 544 it^{a, h, k} and many patristic quotations. Although some have argued that the word was originally present in ver. Matthew 7:14, and has been introduced into most witnesses in ver. Matthew 7:13, the Committee regarded such an explanation as inadequate to account for the absence of the word from witnesses in ver. Matthew 7:14. On the whole it seemed best to follow the reading of the overwhelming weight of the external evidence, and to account for the absence of the word in one or both verses as a deliberate excision made by copyists who failed to understand that the intended picture is that of a roadway leading to a gate.